While all the work was underway, the first naturalized people of the crossing group also began their work.

The work of naturalized civilians is currently the responsibility of the army for the time being and is therefore not under the responsibility of the Interim Executive Committee. In fact, although the Interim Executive Committee has been established at present, the affairs of the entire Crossing Group are actually controlled by the military, of course, this is not because the military is unwilling to delegate power, but because the Interim Executive Committee has just been established, and it will take time to take over the affairs of the entire Crossing Group.

Now is the time when the crossing group is short of manpower, and of course it is impossible to support idlers, so the released personnel are about to start work after eating two full meals and having their bodies checked. Of course, there are more than a dozen people who are really not in good health to stay and recuperate, and then start working after their bodies have recovered.

Originally, some people also proposed that all the captured soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance should be organized to work, after all, the number of prisoners was larger, and they were all strong laborers. In any case, the released people can be regarded as Chinese, so there is no reason to let the prisoners lie in the house to eat and drink for nothing, but let the Chinese work desperately.

In fact, the military has not thought about using prisoners, because everyone knows that this batch of prisoners is an important labor force, of course, it cannot be easily given up, but prisoners are not naturalized people, if you want to use this batch of prisoners well, you must have enough manpower to manage the prisoners, and now the biggest problem of the military is that there is not enough manpower, so you can only decide whether to use prisoners for the time being, and then organize prisoners to start work after the temporary army is fully recruited. Fortunately, there are not many things to do now, and the current manpower is also busy.

There are two main tasks for men, one is to cut down trees, and the other is to dig trenches and repair fortifications.

Of course, there are many functions of cutting down trees, and the military camp at Dagukou can only accommodate about 3,000 troops, which is far from enough, and the army's amphibious chariots, warrior vehicles and other vehicles ashore also need to have enough houses to accommodate them, so they naturally need a lot of wood. Around Dagukou, there are many woods, and there is a lot of wood, of course, there is no need to consider the cost of environmental protection now. In addition, cutting down the surrounding trees can make it impossible for the enemy to hide their whereabouts, and it is also beneficial for defense. Of course, the tools for cutting trees are also readily available.

And judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the Eight-Nation Alliance will attack Dagukou, although Dagukou is a fortress, but all the fortifications are aimed at the sea, and in the land direction, that is, behind Dagukou, it is basically undefended. This was mainly due to the backwardness of the Qing court's military concept, and according to the Qing court's defense concept, behind the Dagu mouth was its own hinterland, and of course there was no need to fortify. And if Dagukou is lost, won't the fortifications facing the land be used by the enemy?

As a result, Dagukou was broken by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and Qiaqia was because the fleet of the Eight-Nation Alliance could not attack Dagukou in the front, so it used small boats to transport soldiers to land from the flank of Dagukou, and then launched an attack from behind Dagukou and captured Dagukou in one fell swoop. Now to deal with the attack of the Eight-Nation Alliance, it is natural to build fortifications on the land-facing side.

So the men were divided into two groups, one was responsible for digging trenches, and the other was going to cut down trees around the mouth of Dagu.

Women's things are relatively simple, that is, to do a good job of logistics, mainly cooking, watering, washing clothes, delivering meals, etc., and planting clothes.

Now not to mention the naturalized people, even the captured prisoners of the Eight-Nation Alliance are wearing the original military uniforms, because there are really no other clothes to wear, but they look really nondescript. Among the materials seized from the Eight-Nation Alliance, there is also a large amount of cloth, so this batch of cloth is used to make clothes, even if they are worn outside, at least they should look better.

Gao Jun first asked the women if anyone could sew clothes, and almost all the women stood up and said that they could make clothes, which scared Gao Jun a lot. In the old time and space, unless they were professionals, there were very few people who could sew clothes by themselves, and it was already skillful to be able to order a twist button and sew a pocket, and Gao Jun only learned some simple needlework after he arrived in the army. In this era, sewing clothes is one of the basic skills that women must know, in the general agricultural family, most of the clothes are sewn by their own women, the so-called male ploughing and female weaving, not only means that women are just weaving, sewing clothes is also included.

So Gao Jun selected fifty people from among the women who seemed to be shrewd, and asked them to pay for sewing clothes, but in fact, the clothes needed were very simple, that is, a waistcoat, and a piece of fabric of other colors on the back, with numbers written on it, so that the captives could wear them outside the military uniform. Naturalized people, on the other hand, just sew a small cloth on their left chest and write their names.

Others were responsible for cooking, watering, washing clothes, delivering meals, and so on, while two dozen older men helped them with heavier tasks. Gao Jun plans to form a brigade of the remaining women, divided into four squadrons, and each team is divided into four squads, each of which has nine to ten people, so that the captain will be in charge of the squad leader, and the squad leader will be in charge of his own team members, while Gao Jun and several other female soldiers will only need to manage the four squadron leaders. Of course, squad leaders and squadron leaders have a certain amount of power.

Of course, the detachment is divided into squads first, first of all, in a voluntary way, composed of people who feel familiar with or befriended each other, and then elect a team leader to manage the whole team, if it can't be selected, it will be designated by Gao Jun and others, but whether it is selected or designated, the team leader is temporary, and after working together for 20 days, the team members will decide whether the team leader will continue to serve, and the squadron leader is served by five team leaders in turn, each for five days.

Such a division of labor was the result of Gao Jun and several female soldiers discussing for most of the night last night. Originally, there were also people who proposed that several female soldiers each lead a squadron, but Gao Jun denied this arrangement, although Gao Jun has decided to transform into management, but now she is still the leader of the Kunming Ship Guantong Department, and other female soldiers also have their own responsibilities on the Kunming ship, once the Kunming ship has a combat mission, they will have to fight with the ship, and they don't know how many days they will be at sea. Therefore, from now on, it is necessary to cultivate the self-management ability of this group of people, and in the future, Gao Jun and they will be able to work as usual.

Just when I was grouping, I heard someone shouting: "Sister Gao, I want to join the army, okay?"

Gao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that the person who spoke was the woman who questioned him yesterday, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said, "What's your name." ”

The woman seemed to be a little weak-hearted, and said in a low voice: "My name is Gong Jinyan." ”

At this time, Zhao Suping, who was beside Gao Jun, also recognized her, and couldn't help but say, "Gong Jinyan, what are you going to do?"

Gong Jinyan hurriedly said: "I'm not a troublemaker, I really want to join the army, I want to kill foreign devils." ”

Gao Jun frowned and said, "Gong Jinyan, is this the reason why you want to join the army?"

Gong Jinyan nodded and said, "Yes, as long as you really kill foreign ghosts, I am willing to follow you, and I can do whatever you want." As soon as she finished speaking, several more women also shouted, all wanting to join the army to kill foreign devils. The scene suddenly became chaotic.

Gao Jun hurriedly waved his hand and said loudly: "Be quiet, calm me down." ”

Everyone stopped screaming, and Gao Jun said again: "I will consider your opinions, but we don't have a plan to recruit troops yet, so you should do a good job of the things we arranged for you now, and when we start recruiting, I will consider your request." Now continue to divide the team, if you don't get a good team, don't eat this morning. ”

As soon as they heard that they were not allowed to eat, everyone was also a little panicked, so they hurriedly went to the detachment again. At this time, Gao Jun said, "Gong Jinyan, you come out with me." ”

When Gong Jinyan heard this, she was also a little nervous, and walked out of the house with Gao Jun, and came to a corner by the room, Gao Jun said: "Gong Jinyan, how did you get arrested by the Eight-Nation Alliance, where is your home, who else is in the family?" Answer me honestly. ”

At this time, Gong Jinyan didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he ruined his family in 1510, and later joined the Boxer Rebellion, became a member of the red lantern, killed foreigners, burned churches, and was later defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and escaped from Tianjin.

After listening to Gong Jinyan's speech, Gao Jun was also quite sympathetic to her plight, and at the same time could understand the reason why Gong Jinyan wanted to join the army, but he was a little disgusted by Gong Jinyan killing some innocent people, and thought about it before saying: "Okay, I understand your situation, but I just said that we don't have any plans to recruit troops now, you do a good job of the work arranged for you first, and when we recruit soldiers, I will consider you." ”

Gong Jinyan said: "Sister Gao, I was not good yesterday, but I really want to follow you to kill foreign devils, as long as I am allowed to join the army, I can do anything." ”

Gao Jun smiled: "Aren't you following us now?"

Gong Jinyan said: "But I'm going to kill foreign ghosts, not to cook on fire." ”

Gao Jun said: "Didn't you say that you can let you join the army and do anything? Now we just need you to cook on the fire." ”

Gong Jinyan was stunned, and wanted to argue strongly, but she didn't know what to say.

Gao Jun said: "In fact, fighting foreigners does not have to go to the battlefield in the army, cooking is also a very important thing, the soldiers also have to eat, but also have to dress, only let the soldiers eat and dress warmly, they have the strength to fight with foreigners, do you say yes, so start from what you should do now, as long as you do it well, I will find a way to let you join the army." ”

After listening to Gao Jun's words, Gong Jinyan also knew that it would definitely be useless to want to join the army now, but what Gao Jun said also made some sense, and she didn't say it to death, so she still had a chance in the future, so she had to nod and said, "Yes, Sister Gao, I will listen to your orders." ”

Gao Jun said: "Gong Jinyan, I want you to be a team leader, are you willing to do it?"

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